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☆JR East Akita Locomotive Depot ED75-756 [Aki], Minamiakita Depot OhaFu 50-2485 [Aki Aki] Train recorded: Ouu Line Train 1436 Recorded section: Departs Kamiyuzawa at 16:30 → Arrives Kamabuchi at 17:10 Recorded date: October 10th, 1993 (Heisei 5) Formation: ← Shinjo ED75-756 + OhaFu 50-2485 + Oha 50-2217 + OhaFu 50-2476 Akita → Main motor: MT52A (output 475kW x 4, gear ratio 16:71 = 1:4.44 suspended type) Nowadays, with the exception of steam locomotives and event trains, local trains with general passenger cars pulled by locomotives have completely disappeared from Japan. This recording is a recording of a local train on the Ouu Line, pulling a 50 series passenger car. It is already at the end of its life, and there are scenes of it being replaced by a 701 series along the way. The window is slightly open and the microphone is facing outside, so there is some sound of the locomotive motor. In the days of the Japanese National Railways, passenger trains were a common sight. I hope you can feel the vestiges of that time in this recording. The part crossing the mountains on the border between Akita and Yamagata prefectures is arousing.